Homework 13th November Flashcards
What is a content provider?
It provides material for any platform.
What does UGC stand for and what is it?
User-generated content is content made by the users of an online system.
What is a platform?
Software that allows producers to interact with consumers e.g. social media.
What is a monetization strategy?
Making an income from your product.
What is commercial broadcasting?
Privately owned broadcasting of TV/Radio.
What is public service broadcasting?
TV/Radio broadcasted without profit to educate, inform or entertain.
What is subscription broadcasting?
A platform/broadcaster that offers content that is accessible via subscription.
What is concentration of ownership?
The number of organizations/individuals who control ownership of the media.
What is a conglomerate?
A large corporation that earns a large number of media companies.
What is convergence?
Technologies and institutions coming together to create a new product.
What is a demerger?
A large company splitting into 2 smaller companies.
What is distribution?
The way that a media product is given to an audience e.g. physically or online.
What is a media franchise?
A collection of connected media products coming from one original source.
What is horizontal integration?
Companies acquiring other companies in the same sector
What is a merger?
2 media companies merging into 1.
